A Not So Innocent Joke
Author: Freewater
Pairings: Seto/Jou Seto/Otogi
Disclaimers: I do NOT own these characters or Yu-Gi-Oh!, nor do I claim to. This story was written for the hell of it without profit. Please don't sue me, you won't get much
Rating: R for swearing and mature themes, possible lemons will be posted on
Archive: If you want this story for your website then just make sure you ask me first
Notes: In light of my successful fic "An Innocent Joke?" I'm writing this one for everyone who enjoyed it and wanted to see a sequel made. Unfortunately this is not a sequel, but another story altogether. There won't be a sequel to that story since I can't think of anything to write for it. But this another fic where Seto does play a mean trick on poor Jou! ooooo These many circles can indicate a change of some kind. Time, scenery or character. Seto is eighteen and Jou is seventeen.
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Chapter Eighteen: Ready To Dance?
By the time Jou made it out the door from his house and took off for the game shop to meet up with Yugi and Yami, he couldn't help the small sigh of relief that escaped from his throat.
His father had since gotten better from his little reunion with the bottle, but a small part of the blonde wished that his father would stay bed ridden for just a bit longer.
A very small part.
He was glad that his old man was accepting him and everything, but ever since he woke up and the hangover dispersed there have been nothing but questions!
Are you happy like this? Are you sure this is what you want? Is this Seto character being good to you? Are you being good to him? And so on, and so forth. But he simply REFUSED to tell him who was the quote GIRL, of the relationship unquote. Just thinking about it made jou groan in embarrassment. He'd so far been on the bottom during his and Seto's little sex romps, but that didn't make him a girl, did it?
Jou groaned again. 'I'll have ta tell Seto that I want the top next time.' He thought to himself as he went. Glad to see the shop finally come into view.
Thankfully, tonight was the night of the school dance that Seto had promised to attend with him, so he had a reason to get out of the house while his father went over the twelve steps again. First, he was going to meet up with Yugi and Yami, who would help him look good for his date.
The dance wasn't formal by any means, but he still wanted to look good and wear something other than the usual school uniform that he had.
Once he finally made it to the front door, all it took was one quick ring of the bell and five seconds of waiting before the door burst wide open and a smiling and excited Yugi greeted him.
"Hey, Jou! Glad you made it!" He chirped, stepping aside to let his smiling friend inside.
"Yeah, for a minute I thought I was going ta be late gettin' here." Jou admitted sheepishly, a big excited grin on his face as he was let up the stairs to Yugi's room. Inside was Yami, who was currently going through all his leather clothes and sorting all the belts he would be wearing by size.
The former pharaoh didn't even need to turn his head to know that he was there, and he greeted him simply while continuing to busy himself.
"Jou." He greeted.
Jou raised a hand to him even though he wasn't looking. "Hey Yami. Lookin' forward ta tha dance?" He asked, remembering that this would be the first real social event he would be going to since being separated from Yugi's body not too long ago.
Yami only grunted, but that wasn't enough to let Jou in on how he was feeling about the subject matter, so Yugi came in and explained. Not bothering to keep his voice down to whisper. "He doesn't really want to go. He's only going because I'm going and he doesn't want me to have to worry about anymore bullies."
Jou blinked, his eyes hardening at the mention of anyone bullying his best friend.
It was a real sore spot he had on the subject. Not just because he couldn't stand to see that sort of thing, happening to any of his friends for that matter, but it was mainly the fact that he used to be one of the bullies that Yugi would have to watch out for, and his way to make amends for that was by protecting him from anyone else who tried to play the tough guy on him.
"What bullies? Has anyone been hassling ya, Yug'?" The blonde demanded hotly, getting into fight mode should the need for a few fists arrive.
Yugi laughed somewhat nervously. "Um, no. Not since you took care of those guys for me last week." He explained. A hand behind his head of tri-colored hair in embarrassment at the recollection.
A blank look of confusion crossed over Jou's eyes for a few seconds, but then he remembered what he was talking about. "Oh! Those guys?" He asked, looking back at where Yami still had his back turned, looking down at his clothes laid out on his bed for him to examine.
The grin that appeared on his face was enormous. "Aw, does Yami wanna protect his aibou?" He teased, watching with a certain satisfaction as the darker of the two Yugi's tensed up slightly.
Jou just couldn't help it, he thought it was cute the way he hovered over and worried about Yugi the way he did, so it made quite a bit of sense that he would actually drag himself out of the house for something other than school or a duel to go to one of the noisy events he always claimed to hate.
Yami came from a time of sand, soft sounds, soft music, horses, camels and carriages. The most crowded of places he would ever be in back at Egypt five thousand years ago would probably be the market place. That explained why he didn't really like all the flashing lights in the dark with loud rock, punk, and pop music playing over the sound of hundreds of yelling and screeching students. Which was always just fine in Yugi's book, considering that he too was a bit of a quiet person, but he did want to go out once in a while.
Yami only let out a grunt of annoyance in response, hearing Yugi giggle in amusement from behind him.
Oh the fun they had at his expense. 'Yugi should consider himself lucky I think he's worth it.' Yami thought to himself, finally deciding upon what he would be wearing to the school dance.
Jou continued to grin when he turned back to Yugi. "Hey, can I use some of your hair gel?" He asked. Deciding that he might as well do something with the mop of unruly blonde hair he had before he forgot.
Yugi only shrugged. "Sure, I don't see why not." He said, walking over to his wooden dresser before opening it up and pulling out and small tub of clear gel. "Just don't use too much, it's pretty strong stuff." He explained, handing it to him.
Jou took one good look at Yugi's hair, and then down to look at the tub of gel in his hands. "I'll say." He mumbled, walking off to the bathroom where he could do his hair thing in front of a mirror.
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Seto Kaiba hated people. He really did hate them, especially students in general. They were almost as bad as the press, and that in itself was enough to make him snarl in a rage with the amount of pimple faced brats who decided he was the most interesting thing to stare at for the moment.
So it was his first time at one of the stupid loser events the school decided to hold. Big deal. Did each and every moron who showed up really have to look at him like he was some kind of freakin' alien just for sitting there?!
He knew it had nothing to do with his choice of clothing. They were almost the exact same style of clothes, belts and coats he wore on a regular basis. It was just because he showed up. The fact that he held annual charity, business and employee balls and for some reason decided to show up to a simple school dance was the thing that was attracting so much attention to him.
He'd only been sitting at a spare seat in the gym for a good solid fifteen minutes, and in that time he'd had to sneer, snarl, and tell at least eight girls and five boys to fuck off.
Idiots. Like he would actually dance with any of those pathetic losers. None of them were really interested in him anyway. They only wanted the satisfaction of running off to tell their giggling, idiot friends that they had actually danced with the Seto Kaiba. Bringing them their fifteen minutes of fame before sending them back off into the land of the unknown asshole who's sole purpose in life was to try and cling and claw onto other people in the sad attempt at getting noticed. Where no one knew who they were and cared what they did.
Kaiba sighed. Taking a sip of his coke that he'd bought from a vendor. 'Fuck I hate these people.' He thought miserably, checking his watch for the tenth time and still wondering what was taking his puppy so long in getting there.
While he sat there, arms folded and still scowling in an attempt to keep the roaches away, he could see one very brave blonde sauntering towards him out of the corner of his eye, and he scowled harder.
"Hey there, wanna dance--"
"I said fuck off–!"
Kaiba's eyes instantly went wide when he whipped his head over to get a look at whoever it was to annoy him this time, only to find that it had been Jou! Only he didn't look like Jou at all! He look simply... stunning.
His hair had been gelled, that much was certain. Just enough to bring some order to the usually unruly mess, with a few hints at spiking on the sides and back.
His clothes were different as well. Unlike the normal school uniform or battle city wear he'd sport around, he was in what appeared to be a tight leather shirt with no sleeves, and a pair of black jeans so tight they might as well have been spray painted on him. Showing off his muscles and curves quite nicely.
Jou's face also looked somewhat different. Only what appeared to be a hint of eyeliner on him, not enough to be noticeable, but just enough to bring out his glowing eyes, and while he didn't appear to be wearing any other kind of makeup, he must have used some type of cream or special face wash, because one hand cupping the blonde's cheek was all it took to show him how soft it felt.
Jou burst out laughing at the reaction he received from his lover, highly amused by it as he took the hand holding onto his cheek and led his dazed form onto the dance floor.
"Glad ya like what ya see, Seto." He snickered. Purposely putting one of the brunet's hands on his lower back, just to see the reaction he would get out of him.
Kaiba blinked at him, and then he smirked. Lowering his hand just a bit more to make his puppy blush as they swayed together once a soft song came on. "I like what I'm seeing very much." He purred, eager to get the night started now that all the moron students of the school could see that he was with someone and leave him alone, but then his curiosity peeked.
"What's with the eyeliner?" He asked, a trace of amusement in his voice.
Jou groaned. "It was Yug's idea." He accused. "I knew you would notice it! He said you wouldn't!" The blonde cried, obviously a tad embarrassed at being caught wearing the stuff.
With that, Kaiba chuckled. "Don't worry about it, pup. I think you look very... pretty." He snickered the last part.
Jou blinked. Had Seto just cracked a joke? He had! 'Miracles really DO exist!'
While proud of his brunet lover for the wisecrack, Jou still felt the need to punish him for making fun of him like that. "Ha, ha, ha. I'd watch it if I were you," He warned. "Don't forget you need me."
The smile slipped from Seto's face, being replaced by genuine curiosity. "Need you? For what?" He asked.
What could the blonde have that he needed?
"Nothing much, just ta get ya off at night."
That would be it.
Kaiba visibly paled at the threat. Putting on a mock frown as he stared down at him. Not at all pleased with the thought of getting cut off. "You wouldn't."
Jou smirked. "Wanna bet?"
Seto decided that he didn't want to press his luck, so he shook his head. "No." He squeaked, causing more bubbling laughter to erupt from Jou's throat as they continued to dance amongst the crowd. The most envied and graceful couple on the dance floor, being watched and admired by many of the other dancers there.
What they didn't know, was that off in a corner, Otogi waited. Not at all admiring what he was seeing unlike the other students, but still planning and plotting ways to break up the happy couple. He would either get Kaiba back, or steal Jou from him in the process. It was that simple.
One quick look around the school gymnasium, and he could easily distinguish two heads of tri-colored haired amongst the crowd.
Green eyes went wide at the sight. If there were two then that meant that the pharaoh was there! But what would he be doing at a school dance?
'Probably here to watch over Yugi.' He thought to himself, scratching his chin in thought.
'How would the pharaoh react if he knew how his priest was treating his dog?' Otogi thought mischievously. Grinning that evil grin once again.
Perhaps he didn't need to be the one to tell Jou about Kaiba after all.
To Be Continued...............................................
Okay, I'm getting a tad desperate here, So if anyone has any ideas thatI can use for the fic then fel free to send em on in
Thank You's:
Lah: An interesting point was brought on to me by xxPetalsAndThorns9xx, so in responce I took down my responce to Lah's comment, with sincere apologies to lah. I guess I was just in a bad mood that day
xxPetalsAndThorns9xx: No, of course I wouldn't be mad over something like that, though now I'm a bit worried because by the sound of your review you probably had to gather up a bit of courage just to write it out of fear that I would snap at you. Sorry for that
Lordpink: hehehe, you'll see.....
SmilingCynic: To be perfectly honest, I DO like Otogi XD He just makes such an easy bad guy. And hopefully my writers block goes away soon :-( Because I'm all out of ideas!
Seto Kaiba's My Babe: Ah, it sucks when we all want two things at once doesn't it? ;-)
Shadowy Fluffball
Broken Heart 14
Angel-Belle: Yup he is
Ralphiere
Kakarots-Frying-Pan: Actually I'm still deciding upon that. He'll either end up with Otogi out of Spite for Seto, or Mai
fluffys-sidesick
Gaarasama: Wow, thank you :-)
Kibethan
aki ross: heh, well thanks for the info, but that would be a bit hard to watch since my TV just broke, but thanks anyway
Macduff's Mistress
Kiawna
Xiaolang's Ying Fa: haha, no, so far no daggars... yet
FireieGurl
markyc58: hmm, thats a good idea
Chibified Raven: Thanks, and sorry it's taking so long, but I don't really have any ideas as to how I'm supposed to continue with this
Quoth Aurora: Here it is, hope you like it
Shin Mao: I know, I make him evil in a lot of my fics -.-
johnny depp luv: Blah, we barely have a winter up here yet
Vapid B. ( too lazy to sign in) We'll see ;)
Panda Doru: The Geek God: I don't know if i want to do a Honda Otogi this time
citcat-chan
Yukiko-Angel
Kiharu-sama :-) I'm still deciding on what to do about that
xxPetalsAndThorns9xx
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